(1) The
department of social and health services, in coordination with
the health care authority, shall by November 15th of each year
report to the legislature:
(a) The number of medical assistance recipients who: (i)
Upon enrollment or recertification had reported being employed,
and beginning with the 2008 report, the month and year they
reported being hired; or (ii) upon enrollment or recertification
had reported being the dependent of someone who was employed, and
beginning with the 2008 report, the month and year they reported
the employed person was hired. For recipients identified under
(a)(i) and (ii) of this subsection, the department shall report
the basis for their medical assistance eligibility, including but
not limited to family medical coverage, transitional medical
assistance, children's medical or aged or disabled coverage; member months; and the total cost to the state
for these recipients, expressed as general fund-state, health
services account and general fund-federal dollars. The
information shall be reported by employer [size] for employers
having more than fifty employees as recipients or with dependents
as recipients. This information shall be provided for the
preceding January and June of that year.
(b) The following aggregated information: (i) The number of
employees who are recipients or with dependents as recipients by
private and governmental employers; (ii) the number of employees
who are recipients or with dependents as recipients by employer
size for employers with fifty or fewer employees, fifty-one to
one hundred employees, one hundred one to one thousand employees,
one thousand one to five thousand employees and more than five
thousand employees; and (iii) the number of employees who are
recipients or with dependents as recipients by industry type.
[(2)] For each aggregated classification, the report will
include the number of hours worked, the number of department of
social and health services covered lives, and the total cost to
the state for these recipients. This information shall be for
each quarter of the preceding year.
[2006 c 264 § 2.]